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Ransomed, redeemed, rescued!
'He provided redemption for his people' PSALM 111:9
You've seen it in the movies; the kidnappers trap the billionaire's son, and send a ransom note: 'give us 10 million or never see your son again'. The word redeemed, which gets used in church in songs and stuff means this: TO BUY BACK.
If the billionaire paid up, he has redeemed his child. He has paid the price to get back what was his in the first place. In the movies the hero normally crashes through a window and rescues the kid, but in the Bible the hero is also the redeemer.
The hero pays the price to get us back to God. Have you ever thought of yourself as somebody who needs to be redeemed or bought back? The Bible says our selfishness and sin caused us to fall into '...the trap of the devil...held captive to do his will' (2 Timothy 2:26 NIV). Getting back to God, your rightful owner, could only come through redemption and that's exactly what God did! 'For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life' (John 3:16 NIV).
Christ's death on the cross was the price of your redemption, your ransom; that's how much God values you! A Christian simply is someone who knows they needed rescuing. If you've never asked God to rescue you, you can do it today; what's stopping you?
written by Bob Gass
'He provided redemption for his people' PSALM 111:9
You've seen it in the movies; the kidnappers trap the billionaire's son, and send a ransom note: 'give us 10 million or never see your son again'. The word redeemed, which gets used in church in songs and stuff means this: TO BUY BACK.
If the billionaire paid up, he has redeemed his child. He has paid the price to get back what was his in the first place. In the movies the hero normally crashes through a window and rescues the kid, but in the Bible the hero is also the redeemer.
The hero pays the price to get us back to God. Have you ever thought of yourself as somebody who needs to be redeemed or bought back? The Bible says our selfishness and sin caused us to fall into '...the trap of the devil...held captive to do his will' (2 Timothy 2:26 NIV). Getting back to God, your rightful owner, could only come through redemption and that's exactly what God did! 'For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life' (John 3:16 NIV).
Christ's death on the cross was the price of your redemption, your ransom; that's how much God values you! A Christian simply is someone who knows they needed rescuing. If you've never asked God to rescue you, you can do it today; what's stopping you?
written by Bob Gass
